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Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Yoshitoshi · About 1885-92

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Palette

Fawn
73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Taupe
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Tan
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Khaki
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Graphite
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

Sepia
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839–1892
Date: About 1885-92
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size: Painting: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.); With mounting: 203.9 × 48.3 cm (80 1/4 × 19 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Night and moonlight
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Roger L. Weston. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules